1.   Some are so tormented by the disorder they have demanded that limbs are amputated.

2.   Even more horrifying was the tactic of amputating the limbs of countless men, women and children.

3.   Gangs prey on children, kidnapping them and forcing them to beg, sometimes amputating their limbs to make them more pitiful and profitable.

4.   In many cases it is even necessary to amputate limbs when the skin fails to heal.

5.   Nonwhite patients were less likely to have heart bypass surgery or kidney transplants, for instance, while nonwhite diabetics are more likely to have limbs amputated.

6.   Short of medical foul-ups when the wrong limb is amputated, patients are usually just seeking a friendly ear for complaints.

7.   Some later died of their wounds or required surgery to amputate infected limbs.

8.   The only known recourse at that point is to cut away all the invaded tissue, which often means amputating a limb.

9.   Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of their campaign of terror was the practice of amputating the limbs of civilians.

10.   Also Friday, seven thieves had their limbs amputated at a separate location in Kabul.